Rubies to RO (Supreme Edition Mods)

[TIGCreations]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

Jedifyfe- fixed your vader.

 

[ALF]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

@Jedifyfe- fixed your vader.

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lmao

 

[Gijohn]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

Great use of the shelf for the base and the light!

 

[Psab keel]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

You know for the price point it's not terrible. Plus if you did want to upgrade it later on, it can certainly be done with a bit of elbow grease and ingenuity. It's come down in price since it was originally released with ROTS too. I think it used to be like 600-700 or so when it was brand new. All in all I'd say it was a good buy.

 

[TIGCreations]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

You know for the price point it's not terrible. Plus if you did want to upgrade it later on, it can certainly be done with a bit of elbow grease and ingenuity. It's come down in price since it was originally released with ROTS too. I think it used to be like 600-700 or so when it was brand new. All in all I'd say it was a good buy.

Yeah retail back then was like 1,500. Now they settle into about 500-600.
Anyways, progress!

Suited him all up finally. The boots look awesome on him.

 

[ALF]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

Yeah retail back then was like 1,500. Now they settle into about 500-600.
Anyways, progress!
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Suited him all up finally. The boots look awesome on him.

Looking killer man!

 

[SonofDathomir]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

Yeah retail back then was like 1,500. Now they settle into about 500-600.
Anyways, progress!
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Suited him all up finally. The boots look awesome on him.

Dude I am totally jealous of you right now. Still good to see that someone has a good taste in costumes.

 

[TIGCreations]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

Dude I am totally jealous of you right now. Still good to see that someone has a good taste in costumes.

Thank you.
Took some better pics.

Personally the boots make all the difference. They look miles better than socks or nothing at all.

 

[SonofDathomir]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

Thank you.
Took some better pics.
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Personally the boots make all the difference. They look miles better than socks or nothing at all.

Agreed dude. Well said, well done, and great modding. [emoji106]

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[ALF]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

Thank you.
Took some better pics.
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Personally the boots make all the difference. They look miles better than socks or nothing at all.

They really do although socks would be pretty rad lmao. Love the pose you have him in with his leg slightly kicked out. Might as well take the sass up a notch and put his hand on his hip!

 

[TIGCreations]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

They really do although socks would be pretty rad lmao. Love the pose you have him in with his leg slightly kicked out. Might as well take the sass up a notch and put his hand on his hip!

Thanks. On post #11 you can see the socks.
About the pose, that's just the default pose of the manny.

I want to keep it because it reminds me of the ESB promo photo:

 

[ALF]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

Thanks. On post #11 you can see the socks.
About the pose, that's just the default pose of the manny.
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I want to keep it because it reminds me of the ESB promo photo:
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Dude that's awesome, and yeah totally looks like the promo photo.

 

[SonofDathomir]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

Thanks. On post #11 you can see the socks.
About the pose, that's just the default pose of the manny.
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I want to keep it because it reminds me of the ESB promo photo:
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Agreed.

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[TIGCreations]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - pics

Did some fiddling to him today:
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Also got him breathing, using a Boombot MINI speaker. It is loud as crap!

With his tilted head he looks kinda like the SW Chronicles version.

 

[TIGCreations]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - mods started

You know that something is going​ to happen when OP posts this pic:
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And yes, I am finally taking the rubies Vader helmet under the knife. The orange is for my 1:1 jawa's eyes. Currently he is just sanded, nothing else. Also, do you have an opinion on the gloss & gunmetal I will use?

 

[TIGCreations]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - mods started

Repositioned the dome today.

I did it by shaving off the front of the mount in the dome, and then tilting the connector part on the mask. All that I did was just chop it off with a hacksaw, but leave part of it untouched so I can heat it and make it stay. For safety I applied some Bondo.

 

[TIGCreations]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - mods started


Spot puttied up the bondoed dome mount and the horrible tooling marks from the mount. Going to let it set overnight to cure.
Next step: sharpening the dome strip.

 

[Darctic]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - mods started

I hate to steal attention in your thread and post a pic of my suit (SO I won't) but I am in the process of doing the exact same thing. Though I'm keeping most of the rubies items. I have upgraded some parts quite a bit ( almost all parts on the belt boxes, gloves and repainted the chestbox. Currently I'm resculpting the chest armor to look more like the ANH version. I'm convinced there's some jewel beneath all that plastic shiny mess! Actually repainting most of the plastic will do heaps for the look. Next I will resculpt the beltboxes with some putty to look more like the ANH ones.

 

[TIGCreations]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - mods started

I hate to steal attention in your thread and post a pic of my suit (SO I won't) but I am in the process of doing the exact same thing. Though I'm keeping most of the rubies items. I have upgraded some parts quite a bit ( almost all parts on the belt boxes, gloves and repainted the chestbox. Currently I'm resculpting the chest armor to look more like the ANH version. I'm convinced there's some jewel beneath all that plastic shiny mess! Actually repainting most of the plastic will do heaps for the look. Next I will resculpt the beltboxes with some putty to look more like the ANH ones.

No, it's fine. I'd love to see yours!

 

[TIGCreations]

Re: My 1:1 Vader - mods started

Oh, and I have to give credit where due.
Ideas on dome mounting from this thread: http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=11268
And other general stuff from CSMacLaren's massive thread over on the PD.
(I mean Prop Den, but they really are the police of accurate vaders.)
And other stuff is just what worked.